6 Arrested For Medicine
Shipments To US
Costa Rican officials
say two Americans and
four others have been
arrested for allegedly
sending restricted
pharmaceutical drugs to
the United States.
The ministra de
Seguirdad Publica,
Janina del Vecchio, said
the Americans were
responsible for shipping
the drugs, while two
Costa Ricans led the
group and two Colombians
were in charge of
managing a virtual
pharmacy on the Internet
and buying the drugs in
Guatemala.
She said the ring sent
at least 80 packages
containing Lorazepam,
Ritalin, Tafil and
Arcedol, among other
drugs, to the Unites
States since February.
This is the second group
arrested in last 12
months in Costa Rica
that allegedly shipped
restricted
pharmaceuticals to the
U.S.
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